Economic Battle Of The Titans: USA Vs. China. Who Wins?
America and China are locked in a cataclysmic trade war that will shape the economic future of the world. Is the US prepared for what lies ahead?
John Kerry
California Will Launch Its “Own Damn Satellite” To Monitor Emissions
Now that the Trump administration has slashed NASA’s climate research budget, California governor Jerry Brown has said his state will launch its own satellite to find where carbon and methane emissions are coming from and make the information available to the public.
Trump Dumps Paris Climate Accords, Musk Dumps Trump
Donald Trump has decided to abrogate the US commitment to the Paris climate accords. In response, Elon Musk has withdrawn his membership on two advisory panels.
US Business Leaders To Trump: Focus On Climate Change
Donald Trump thinks he is the smartest person in any room but the leaders of 365 leaders of major American corporations think he is an idiot for threatening to pull the US out of its commitments made last year in Paris.
Kerry Reaffirms US Climate Commitments At COP22
US Secretary of State John Kerry gave one of the most important speeches this morning during the Major Economies Forum of the UN’s climate change conference (COP22) in Marrakesh, Morocco. Kerry drew attention to melting glaciers, stronger storms, and record-breaking droughts as incontrovertible evidence of climate change. “At some point, even the strongest skeptic has to acknowledge that something disturbing is happening,” Kerry said.
Successful Montreal Protocol Move Restricts World HFCs
Delegates from more than 150 countries met in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, last week, to agree on a strategy for diminishing the worldwide use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Historically, people started using these chemicals for refrigeration, air conditioning, and aerosols in response to the scientific finding that their predecessors — chlorofluorocarbons — … [continued]
UN, US Say Climate Treaty Will Bind Nations By Nov/Dec
Both United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and US Secretary of State John Kerry (quoting President Obama), affirmed the viability of the Paris Agreement on climate change this morning. Sensing the urgency of acting on upcoming world disaster, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had convened a special “High-Level Event” today at the UN … [continued]
COP21 Slouching Toward Climate Plan Wednesday AM
Laurent Fabius, COP21 president and France’s foreign minister, has just released version 1 of a draft text on COP21 agenda item 4 (b)—the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (decision 1/CP.17) at 3:00PM GMT. Read the text here. Fabius characterized the current situation thus: “We’ve made progress but still a lot … [continued]
1.5 Degree Ceiling Now A Real Possibility At COP21
Originally published on the ECOreport. The Guardian‘s headlines say it all: “Biggest Polluters Back Tougher Warming Target.” The United States, China, and Canada have now joined the push for a 1.5 degree ceiling at COP21 in Paris. AOSIS Targets This initiative started with the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), … [continued]
ADP Starts Making Up The World’s Mind About Climate Change
The Ad Hoc Working Group on Durban part of the COP21 meeting in Paris sewed up its last draft in the week just past. ADP delegates from every country expressed their views on the version they last officially considered in Bonn in October, patched as much as UN officials could amend … [continued]
